In the UK, gov’t funds billions to Ukraine The United Kingdom will provide Ukraine with billions in aid via 5,000 air-defense missiles — worth over $2 billion total — and a $2.8 billion loan funded by freezing some of the country’s investments in Russian government bonds,

Czech authorities prepare oil supplies from reserves and work to fully replace Russian oil via alternative routes

The Czech government has decided to gradually raise its defence spending to 3% of gross domestic product by 2030, from around 2% now, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Wednesday.

For this embattled Pacific island, a lifeline comes from landlocked Slavs half a world away.Taiwan and the Czech Republic, living in the shadow of China and Russia, have found common cause when small powers worry about being trampled by bigger rivals.